essay
Early political development in Mesopotamia and the origins of the Sargonic empire
akkad : the first world empire : structure, ideology, traditions • 5 • Published In 1993 • Pages: 107-129
By: Steinkeller, Piotr.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In approximately the year 2300 BC, Sargon of Akkade defeated a coalition of Sumerian city-states led by Lugal-zagesi, thereby sucuring for himself complete mastery over southern Babylonia. This event marked the beginning of what is known in history as the Sargonic or the Old Akkadian empire (p. 107). This study looks back in time at what preceded the defeat of Lugal-zagesi (ed. note: during the Uruk and Early Dynastic periods), in a attempt to understand how the Sargonic development came about, and to shed light on various critical aspects of this development. .
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Historical reconstruction
- Classes
- Production and supply
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Akkadian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4334-4113 BP (2334-2113 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Akkadian Period, Mesopotamia: Current countries are Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran
- NotesAdditional notes
- Piotr Steinkeller
- Proceedings of the Conference 'Akkad. Il primo impero universale: strutture, ideologia, tradizioni' held at the University of Rome 'La Sapienza' on December 5th to 7th, 1990
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 95100216
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Akkadians/Iraq History To 634